Are perpetual TV channel logos an eyesore?

[derby378]

Every network/basic cable channel has one (and so do some of the pay channels). Right now, Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls has two perpetual logos - an NBC/Discovery Kids logo and an "ei" logo. To me, they've always been so damned annoying. What say you?

[jeff30997]

1. I HATE those damn logos.

[MADem]

2. They have been par for the course in Europe for decades

They are finally entering the mainstream here. We think we are so cutting edge, but we are WAY backward in many social aspects.

[derby378]

3. It's nothing but a damn nonstop commercial...

...for the channel I'm already watching! Do the networks really think I'm that dim?

[Ivan Sputnik]

4. They are useful when you're flipping channels

but I wish there was a way to turn them on or off, as needed.

[derby378]

5. Our digital cable pkg flashes the channel name for a moment

With that, we have no need for channel logos.

Ever notice that they don't display the logo during commercials or credits? Bastards - they're rubbing it in.

[Deja Q]

6. The logos were originally only on cable stations only as an identifier...

Not that the big red number "28" on the cable box didn't say enough...

Why the airwave networks opted to show their network moniker as well is beyond me.

Soon it'll be all logo with no programming, as if it isn't insane enough as it is. We didn't need them for the first 40 years of TV...

[mcscajun]

7. The logos are bad enough...

...and they used to be small and transparent; now they're bigger, more colorful, and animated! The powers that be claim that they need the brand identifier now that there are so many channels, like their viewers are all too stupid to know which channel they're watching at any given time. Sheesh.

But that's not the biggest problem...the new big problem is the animated ads for a different program on the same channel WHILE you're watching another one! Especially when they're promoting a new program coming the following week or month. The damned things are fucking relentless. Ditto on voiceovers running over the end of the program you're watching.

[flamingyouth]

8. Fox is the worst for that

The little animated ads drive me nuts. :grr:

[mcscajun]

9. You wouldn't catch me watching Fox, ever. Spike is the worst I know of...

...and I'm sure there are others just as bad.

[derby378]

12. Thank you!! And those animated ads...

...are often so large that they obscure important parts of the show you're trying to watch. If you're a 24 fan, and you see Kiefer Sutherland's character with a 9mm and a flashlight pointing down at the floor, and he says... "Oh...my...God...America is doomed..." and your eyes try to follow the beam of the flashlight, you may find yourself staring at an animated mini-ad for the next episode of Stacked instead of the new plot twist that's threatening to turn Los Angeles into a smoking crater.

Comedy Central does it a lot, too. Pretty annoying.

[VelmaD]

10. What makes me nuts...

is when the damn things are so big that they actually cover something important on what you're watching.

[ghostsofgiants]

11. Yes, they're awful.

I know what damn station I'm watching, so fuck off already.